Formula One British Grand Prix - Silverstone

Formula One British Grand Prix - Silverstone

The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire. Grand Prix motor racing was first... [more]

The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire.

Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the French Grand Prix in 1923 and the following year at the Spanish Grand Prix which raised interest in the sport. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B. During the 1930s, the race was known as the Donington Grand Prix, in reference to the host track Donington Park.

Silverstone has hosted the race regularly since the start of the F1 championship in 1950 (in which it was the first race of the first ever official World Championship) and every year since 1987; it alternated with Brands Hatch between 1964 and 1986, and with Aintree (better known as a horse-racing course) between 1955 and 1962.

Before track was heavily modified in 1991, Silverstone was one of the fastest tracks on the Formula 1 calendar. The drivers loved the challenge of the sweeping and extremely demanding Copse, Stowe and Club corners. 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg held the all-time Formula 1 qualifying lap record for 16 years after posting fastest time for the 1985 British Grand prix with an average speed of 258.983km/h(160.92mph).

In recent times Silverstone has produced some fine race wins by British drivers. Notably John Watson (1981), Nigel Mansell (1987, 1991, 1992), Damon Hill (1994) and David Coulthard (1999, 2000). -- source www.wikipedia.org

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British Grand Prix result after 59 laps

1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1hm21m43.074s
2. ALONSO McLaren 2.4s
3. HAMILTON McLaren 39.3s
4. KUBICA BMW 53.3s
5. MASSA Ferrari 54.0s
6. HEIDFELD BMW 56.3s
7. KOVALAINEN Renault 1 lap
8. FISICHELLA Renault 1 lap
9. BARRICHELLO Honda 1 lap
10. BUTTON Honda 1 lap
11. COULTHARD Red Bull 1 lap
12. ROSBERG Williams 1 lap
13. WURZ Williams 1 lap
14. SATO Super Aguri 2 laps
15. ALBERS Spyker 2 laps
R. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 6 laps
R. TRULLI Toyota 16 laps
R. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 24 laps
R. SPEED Toro Rosso 30 laps
R. SCHUMACHER Toyota 37 lapsR
R. SUTIL Spyker 43 laps
R. WEBBER Red Bull 51 laps

Fastest lap: RAIKKONEN 1m20.638s
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After finding himself at the back of the grid, Lewis Hamilton could have been expected to seek solace from his ever-supportive Pussycat Doll girlfriend. But it appeared that even Nicole Scherzinger ’s charms couldn’t cheer him up as he faced his worst-ever starting position in the Formula One race at Silverstone. The world champion, who won the British Grand Prix last year, looked moody and uninterested as he walked to the pit lanes with the Hawaiian beauty. As Nicole tried to hold onto his arm, Lewis turned his face away and walked quickly past photographers - focused on the trial ahead. His glum appearance ... Read Full Story
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Britain's drivers world championship leader Jenson Button blamed lack of grip in the cold conditions for his worst qualifying performance this year ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The 29-year-old Englishman, who leads the title race by 26 points after winning six of this year's seven races to date, wound up sixth on the grid for the race with German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel claiming pole. "The whole lap I'm struggling for grip," said Button. "It just feels like the whole car is rolling and the car's just not digging into the circuit. "Some of it is the temperature -- our ... Read Full Story
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Donington Park is due to host the 2010 British grand prix. Photograph: David Law/PA The future of the British grand prix has been thrown into fresh doubt after legal proceedings were today issued against the Donington Park CEO Simon Gillett's company. Wheatcroft and Son Limited, the owners of the circuit due to stage the race from next year, are seeking £2.47million in rent arrears from Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd, as well as forfeiture of the track lease. DVLL, the organisation run by Gillett, acquired a 150-year lease from the Wheatcrofts in January 2007, but it has become clear the landowners and leaseholder are now ... Read Full Story
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Formula One ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone slammed the British government on Friday for failing to support the troubled British Grand Prix. Ecclestone said it would be a "disgrace" if the British government sat back and did nothing while the race was dropped from the Formula One calendar. "It's a disgrace that the British government doesn't step in to help," he said. "They are throwing billions at the London Olympics. They could do what is needed to save the race by putting in a fraction of it - 0.002 per cent." Ecclestone spoke out in Bahrain as Friday's opening practice began for this weekend's Bahrain Grand ... Read Full Story
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Jenson Button had to hear the skeptics for two years who thought that he was overrated and overpaid. Well, he has shut them up now. Jenson Button was spectacular en route to what was an easy win. He dominated for the entire race and the day became sweeter for Button, as well as his teammate Rubens Barrichello, when Sebastien Vettel and Robert Kubica, who were running in second and third respectively, ran each other off of the track with three laps to go. Barrichello, consequently, finished in second and Jarno Trulli crossed the finish line in third. Trulli, however, was given a 25 second ... Read Full Story
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The future of the British Grand Prix was called into question once again on Thursday after a row between the owners and operators of Donington Park, which is due to stage the race from next year. Wheatcroft and Son Limited, which owns the Midlands circuit, issued legal proceedings at Derby County Court against Donington Ventures Leisure Limited (DVLL), the circuit operators, for 2.47 million pounds in rent arrears and forfeiture of the circuit lease. DVLL acquired a 150-year lease in 2007 and Donington Park, best known for staging top-class motorcycling events, has since been awarded a ten-year contract to host the British Grand Prix ... Read Full Story
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Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton on Thursday issued an emotional rallying cry to preserve the British Grand Prix. As Silverstone prepared for possibly its final weekend as the host circuit for the British race, the two Britons united to call for the traditional race to remain on the calendar. The British Grand Prix is scheduled to move to the troubled venue of Donington Park next year after that track's new management won a 17-year deal to host the event. But money and development problems have left the project in limbo and F1 commercial supreme Bernie Ecclstone has stressed that there is no way he ... Read Full Story
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Like so many of England's racing circuits, Silverstone started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England's other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it was that the outer taxiways and interconnecting runways of Silverstone became adopted by the Royal Automobile Club as the home for the British Grand Prix in 1948. The circuit was fast and challenging and in 1949 the shape was formed that remains the basis of the track to this day.

When the Formula One World Championship was incepted in 1950, Silverstone held the very first round, won by Guiseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo. In 1951 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) was handed the lease by the RAC, and huge modifications were made. The pits were moved to the straight between Woodcote and Copse, from the Farm straight where they had originally been, and a short circuit was built within the larger circuit, cutting from Becketts corner to Woodcote.

From 1955 the British Grand Prix swapped venues between Aintree and Silverstone, but with the advent of the 1960s, Aintree fell out of favour and the race was switched between Silverstone and Brands Hatch.

In 1971 the BRDC bought the entire 720 acre plot on which Silverstone sits and went about redeveloping the track. New pits were built and a chicane was erected at Woodcote which provided close finishes and great overtaking opportunities.

In 1987, with speeds at the circuit reaching astounding levels, a corner was built before Woodcote, and in 1992 a new complex of corners was created between Farm and Woodcote.

In recent years various upgrades have been made to the track's facilities. A racing school now exists at the circuit and with government funding a new bypass has been built, greatly improving access to the once notoriously out-of-the-way venue.
Silverstone Circuit is located about 115km north of London. Most easily accessible by road, it lies on the A43 between Towcester and Brackley and is signposted from M1 junction 15A and M40 junction 10.

The airports serving Silverstone are London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted and Birmingham International. The Eurostar network is another European route into London.

The main railway stations near Silverstone are at Northampton and Milton Keynes. Bus and coach services are also available from London but need to be booked in advance.
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